Soap-holding attachment for scrub-brushes



HARRY E. ADAMS, on BELLE vnnivoiv, rnivivsvnvnnia.

SOAP-HOLDING ATTACHMENT non soRUeBaUsHEs.

Application ledOctober 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

jBe it known that I, HARRY E. DAMs, a citizen. of the United States,residing at Belle Vernon, in the county of Vestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSoap-Holding Attachments for Scrub-Brushes, of which the following Ais aspecification.

This inventionfrelatesto soap holding attachments for scrub brushes andit has for its object the provision of a simple and inexpensivestructure of such nature that it may be slipped upon scrub brushes ofthe usual and well known construction and when in position will serve toretain a piece or a number of pieces of soap. The device is soconstructed that when the scrub brush is dipped into a pail of watersome of the water may enter the receptacle and will thereafter feed fromthe receptacle as soapy water down to and upon the surface beingscrubbed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a structure of thecharacter above indicated so constructed as to fit brushes of differentsizes and provided with means for engaging the back of the brush, ofsuch nature that the mere act of slipping the structure into positionupon the back of the brush secures the same in place. No skill isrequired to apply the attachment and thus it is adapted to bemanufactured and sold as an article of manufacture separate from thescrub brushes.

The attachment is an article of great utility because it obviates thenecessity of rubbing soap upon a scrub brush and also renders itpossible to use the small pieces of soap that would otherwise be wasted.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a scrubbrush having the attachment applied thereto;

F ig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the brush andattachment;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the attachment with the cover thereof removed;and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the attachment.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the severalfigures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing 5 designates the back and 6 the bristles of anordinary scrub brush. My improved soap holding attach- Specification ofLetters'Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920. serial no. 328,223.

nient consists of a receptacle which is preferably made of galvanized orother rust proof metal and comprises the side walls 7 and 8 which are'shaped to conform to the nose of the back of the brush. These sidewallsare united by a transverse rear wall 9 which lies above the back 5 andis continued to form a spring tongue 10 that is `provided with adownwardly directed terminal end 1'1. The side walls 7 and 8 projectdownwardly beyond the tongue 10 and are provided at their lower edgeswith in-turned flanges 12. In applying the receptacle the forward end ornose of the back of the brush is thrust into the space between tongue 10and flanges 12, the flanges 12 engaging the edges of the back of thebrush and the tongue 1'0 resiliently bearing upon the upper face of theback of the brush. To permit of a limited yielding of the side walls 7and 8 with respect to each other so that the structure may be used uponbrushes of varying sizes the transverse rear Wall 9 is indented to formthe V shaped portion 13 and the tongue l0 is cut out as indicatedy at14. The receptacle is provided with a cover l5 having a number ofopenings 16 formed therein and when the brush is dipped into a pail ofwater the receptacle lls through these openings and some of the soapindicated at 17 is dissolved by the churning action imparted to thewater by the back and forth movement of the brush, in use, and the soapand water pass, as soapy water through the openings 18 between the edgesof the tongue 10 and the side walls and the edges of the back of thebrush to, and upon the bristles of the brush.

IVhile it is not essential I may, if desired corrugate the side walls asindicated :at 19 in F ig. 4 both for the purpose of adding strength andfor providing vertical channels through which the soapy water may .findits way past the edge of the back 5.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A device of thecharacter described consisting of a receptacle comprising side wallshaving inturned flanges at their lower edges, means carried by thereceptacle to engage the upper face of the back of a scrub brush, theside walls extending downwardly the back of the brush being received be-Y tween said means and said flanges, said receptacle comprising aremovable cover, having means for permitting the entry of water to thereceptacle when the structure is dipped into a pail of water, and meansbeing provided for permitting the flow oi' water from the receptaclepast the edges of the scrubV brush onto the bristles of the same. Y f

2. A receptacle of the Character described comprising side wallsV havinginturned lianges at their lower edges, a perforated the iianges.

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vdistance to permit the insertion of the back of a scrub brush betweenthe rear wall and 3. A structure as recited in claim 2 Vin combinationwith a spring tongue carried by one of said walls and bearing yieldinglyupon the upper facie of the back of a brush when in position.

4. A structure as recited .in claim 2 in Combination with a Jforwardlyprojecting spring tongue extending from the lower edge of the rear walland lying in spaced relation to the side wall. Y

1n testimony vwhereof aiiiX my signature.

HARRY E. ADAMS.

